Journal box



Patented Dec. 6, 19 27.

:o mm Box.

Application filed March 17, 1924 serialill'of 699,648.

inflamed in 4.1 Whi1e the blank is1 a at The inventionrelates tojimprovements in journal boxes-for railway cars, itsobject being to simplify the means forpivotally attaching the cover to the box. N The invention consists in a structure sueh as hereinafter described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in- Whichi Fig. lis'a'n end view of a journal boxembodying the invention;'. I Fig. 2 is a detail'side elevation-20f the same; Fig. 3 is a detail in longitudinal section of the hinge elements, the box bearing for the pintle being-omitted;

Fig. 4 is a detail of the blank for the journal box lid; and j i Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 55 of Fig. 4, but showing a portion of the blank bent to cylindrical form to constitute a pintle bearing. 7

The invention is applicable to any form of journal box which is provided with a hinged lid. For convenience of illustration a form of box now in common use is represented at 10, and the lid thereof at 11.

The lid is connected with the box by means of a pintle 12 setting through an eye 13 formed on the box and eyes 14, 14 formed on the lid. In the form of construction illustrated, the lid is held in closed or open position by means of a spring 15 which, however, does not enter into the present invention and may be replaced by any form of holding device.

According to the prevailing practice the hinge pintle is in the form of a headed bolt extending entirely through and beyond the hinge eyes and secured by means of a cotter pin or nut. This arrangement is not only uglduly expensive but is otherwise objectiona e.

According to the present invention the pintle 12 is a simple rod either solid or tubular without head or transverse perforation" and of less length than the overall measurement of the two bearing eyes of the lid.

' Each of these eyes 14 is stamped to form,

intermediate of its ends, a tongue 16 the free end of which preferably projects toward the inner end of the eye. The distance between the inner ends of the two tongues 16, 16 is substantially equal to the length of the pintle 12. Y

In the construction shown for illustrating the invention the lide 11 is a steel stamping formed from a blank, a portion of which is weakening. The pintle holding means being located form a slot 17 is punchedin the portion '18": which'is formed into the pintle bearing- 14 to give the outline ofthe tongue '16. This punching operation removes some of'xthe metal,:giving the slot substantial width, thus F tion 18 of the blank has been given the cylindrical form, and the inner -margin of the.

- providingample clearance to permit the in ward bending-10f the tongue 16 after. the sec-f outer-walletthe side portions. of .the slot have consequently been brought more? closely I toythe. side margins "of-the E tongue.

In assembling the parts thepintle 12 is in serted within the bearing eyes 13 and 14,14,

the tongues 16, 16 are bent inwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3 as by a blow of a hammer. This brings the ends of the tongues opposite the ends of the pintle and securely holds the latter in place without in- 1 terfering with its freedom of axial movement.

Should it be desired to remove the lid from-the 'box a tool may be inserted within the end of one of the eyes 14 to bend the tongue 16 outwardly and thus permit the withdrawal of the pintle.

The invention is applicable to boxes made of any metal whether pressed or cast, which pliable to permit the bending v is sufficiently of the tongues 16. q

The bending or inward deflectionof the tongues 16 may be very slight, it being necessary only that the tongue be brought in line with a portion of the pintle in order that it may form anabutment to hold it in Such slight bending imposes but.

place. very little strain on the metal and consequently eliminates all danger of fractureor within the bearing eye there are no protrud ing partsto injure the workman or his clothing.

The construction shown and described is at this time regarded as the most desirable form of the embodiment of the invention,

but various changes may be made without departing from its scope. For example, the 'tongues16 are shown as being rounded at their free ends and formed by actually cutting away some of the: metal of the eye 14,

and as having their free ends directed in- V does not ,result. in the removal of: some .of

the surrounding metal. The configuration of the tongue is not of vital importance, nor is the direction in which it extends,

Obviously also it is'not "material to the" practice of the invention whether the central hinge eye be formed on the box and the two cooperating eyes formed on the lid,-or

ends .of the pintle are enclosed. Further, it

would be within the scope of the invention to locate the tongue on the pintle, when-its form will permit, such tongue, when, bent,

'to engagea: shoulder on theeye. 1.;

;It maybefoundh some instances advisable to use a difierent form of pintle scourin means atone end,the deflected tongue being. nployed to engage the other end..;

-I claim:

1. In a journal'box, a lid'having anpair thereof for retaining said pintle within said 2. In combination, a journal box havin an eye on-its npp'er margin, a lid for said box, said lid'having a pair of pintle bearing eyes onits upper end, the walls of said eyes being provided with integral tongues direct-f e-d itoward each other, a pintle extending throughsaid eyesfor rhinging said' lid to saidfbox, said tongues being bent inwardly at. an acute angle to the axis of said pintle and having their ends directed toward and abutting the ends of said pintle for retaining the samewithin said eyes. y Y

:NORMAN cQ NAYLOR 

